The Haryana government on May 2 announced complete lockdown in the state for seven days, effective from May 3. The lockdown was announced citing the spike in recent coronavirus cases.
Informing about the update, Haryana's Home Minister Anil Vij took to Twitter and wrote: "Full lock down declared in all Haryana for 7 days from 3 May to Monday."
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Earlier on Friday, the BJP-led state government imposed weekend lockdown in Panchkula, Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts. The weekend lockdown began from Friday 10 pm and will remain effective till 5 am on May 3.
State Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had said that he will directly monitor Covid-19 management measures, health infrastructure and availability of medicines in Gurugram. He had allotted different districts to other ministers.
The state registered 125 deaths on Saturday due to COVID-19, which took the death toll to 4,341. Also, 13,588 new cases were registered which pushed the count to 5,01,566.
Apart from Haryana, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday extended the ongoing lockdown in the national capital by another week. Meanwhile, Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra also extended the current Covid-19 restrictions in the state till May 15.
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